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NXT 2.0 Preview 5/10: Cora Jade Will Challenge Her Idol Natalya
Last week's NXT special event on the USA Network, NXT Spring Breakin' was a pretty confounding dud of a show, but dud or not, we will see its fallout tonight on NXT 2.0  Part of that fallout will surely involve NXT Champion Bron Breakker and his apparent kidnapping at the hands of his defeated challenger Joe Gacy last week[...]
NXT Spring Breakin' Recap: Was Bron Breakker Able To Retain?
NXT's resident wacko Joe Gacy has made NXT Champion Bron Breakker's life a living hell for weeks now in his pursuit of the title  Gacy has taken things to personal levels by kidnapping Breakker's father, WWE Hall of Famer Rick Steiner, and has attempted to play games with the Champ's mind with the use of Druids and other supernatural wackiness[...]
NXT Spring Breakin' Preview: Joe Gacy Gets His NXT Title Shot
Tonight on the USA Network, NXT will be having one of their not-quite a Pay Per View events in the form of NXT Spring Breakin'  We're in store for six matches tonight, including battles for the NXT Championship and the North American Championship  Will this event be worth the price (free) or will it feel like a rip-off[...]
WWE Has Released Numerous NXT Superstars This Afternoon
 We are learning that WWE has released ten different NXT brand superstars today, including Dexter Lumis (Samuel Shaw), Harland (Parker Boudreaux), Malcolm Bivens, Dakota Kai, Persia Pirotta (Stephanie De Landre), Sanjana George (Vish Kanya), Draco Anthony (Reginald Chase Crews), Mila Malani (Kellie Morga), Raelyn Divine (Jaylen Williams), and Paige Prinzivalli (Blair Baldwin). The official logo for NXT 2.0, courtesy of WWE. The news was broken this afternoon[...]
Former NXT Star Says Women Are Treated Differently In NXT 2.0 Era
If you're a fan who watched NXT in its black and gold glory days up until now in the rainbow-splashed unfocused nightmare that is NXT 2.0, one thing you will surely have noticed is the dramatic change in the brand's women's division  While once celebrated as the best in all of professional wrestling, the division has now[...]
NXT 2.0 Recap 4/26: Will Bron Breakker Make It To Spring Breakin?
NXT Champion Bron Breakker has had his hands full with the psychotic Joe Gacy ever since winning back the title the night after WrestleMania  Gacy has kidnapped Breakker's father (WWE Hall of Famer Rick Steiner), stolen and burned Steiner's Hall of Fame ring, laid a series of traps for Breakker, and pushed him off of the elevated stage[...]
NXT 2.0 Preview 4/26: Solo Sikoa Seeks Revenge On Trick Williams
We are exactly one week away from the NXT Spring Breakin' event and it's shaping up to be an event where numerous superstars are seeking vengeance  Joe Gacy has been making NXT Champion Bron Breakker's life a living hell for weeks now by playing mind games with the Champ in his pursuit of the title[...]
NXT 2.0 Recap 4/19:
In recent weeks, we've seen the creepy Joe Gacy targeting NXT Champion Bron Breakker and trying to lure him into a title match  He's kidnapped Breakker's father (WWE Hall of Famer Rick Steiner), stolen and burned his father's Hall of Fame ring, and said that he's a more worthy Champion than Breakker[...]
NXT Superstar Kushida Has Left WWE; Is A NJPW Return Looming?
Former NXT head honcho Triple H's signing of Japanese superstar Kushida away from NJPW in 2019 was quite the coup at the time  He had become a star overseas with his unique presentation and personality and of course because of his incredible abilities in the ring  But now Kushida's contract with WWE is up and so is his time[...]
NXT 2.0 Preview 4/19: Santos Escobar vs Carmelo Hayes Grudge Match
Last week's episode of NXT 2.0 on the USA Network was main evented by a five-team Gauntlet Match for the vacated NXT Tag Team titles  While The Creed Brothers looked primed for glory after making their way through Legado del Fantasma, Briggs & Jensen, and Grayson Waller & Sanga, they were foiled in the end by the former NXT UK Tag[...]
NXT 2.0 Recap 4/13: We Finally Have New NXT Tag Team Champions
Even though NXT had a big WrestleMania weekend event in NXT Stand & Deliver just over a week ago where every title was on the line, the title situation is anything but settled for the brand  Between new challenges and superstar releases resulting in the titles being relinquished, it feels like everything is back to square one[...]
NXT 2.0 Preview 4/12: It's NXT Title Tuesday On The USA Network
Every title in NXT was on the line just over a week ago at Stand & Deliver, but apparently, that wasn't enough and so tonight on NXT 2.0, we're going to see a number of title matches to deal with some unsettled business  While the Tag Team titles will be on the line tonight due to former[...]
NXT Tag Team Titles Relinquished After Nash Carter's Release
Former NXT Tag Team Champions MSK relinquished the titles this past Friday after WWE released team member Nash Carter and promised that new Champions would be crowned on this Tuesday night's NXT 2.0  Since then, fans have been left wondering which tag teams would be involved and how the brand would go about crowning the new champs, but now[...]
Will A Former NXT Champion Debut On WWE Monday Night Raw Tonight?
At NXT Stand & Deliver last week, Tony D'Angelo defeated two-time NXT Champion Tommaso Ciampa in what was being sold as Ciampa's final match in NXT  He hasn't been seen on TV since the loss, but according to a new report today, we could be seeing the veteran on a much bigger WWE show as soon as tonight. Image:[...]
NXT Tag Team Titles Relinquished After Nash Carter's Release
WWE and NXT have just announced that the NXT Tag Team titles have been relinquished as a result of the company releasing Nash Carter, one-half of the NXT Tag Team Champions MSK, on Tuesday of this week Carter, along with tag partner Wes Lee, won the titles just last Saturday at NXT Stand & Deliver in Dallas in[...]
NXT's Nash Carter Released By WWE For Domestic Abuse Allegations
Making things more complicated is Carter is one half of the tag team MSK with Wes Lee, and they are currently the NXT Tag Team Champions after winning the titles this past Saturday at NXT Stand & Deliver, and he was seen on NXT 2.0 for a segment just last night. Image: Screencap Nash Carter's release comes after this past Monday when[...]
NXT 2.0 Recap 4/5: Bron Breakker Vs Gunther For The NXT Title
It was a chaotic 72 hours for NXT 2.0's biggest young superstar Bron Breakker  On Saturday at NXT Stand & Deliver, he lost his NXT title match against Champion Dolph Ziggler due to Ziggler cheating  This created a rematch opportunity on Monday night on WWE Raw and when Ziggler tried the same tactics he did on Saturday, Breakker was ready[...]
NXT 2.0 Preview 4/5: The Fallout From Stand & Deliver Begins
This past Saturday in Dallas, the NXT brand put on a solid afternoon of wrestling action with NXT Stand & Deliver as a lead-in to night one of WrestleMania  Every title in the brand was on the line and we do indeed have some new champions going into tonight's episode of NXT 2.0 on the USA Network[...]
NXT Stand & Deliver Recap:
It's the biggest show of the year for NXT on WrestleMania weekend, NXT Stand & Deliver  All of the titles in NXT will be on the line this afternoon in Dallas as the WWE stars of tomorrow get the matinee spotlight today  Enough out of me, let's get to the action! The official logo for NXT Stand &[...]
NXT Stand & Deliver Preview: All The Titles On The Line In Dallas
NXT will have their biggest show of the year on the biggest stage some of these wrestlers have ever been on today with NXT Stand & Deliver in Dallas  It's a matinee showcase for the brand ahead of night one of WrestleMania and the brand has big expectations to meet, not only as a WrestleMania appetizer but also[...]
NXT 2.0 Recap 3/29: The Go-Home To Stand & Deliver
This Saturday afternoon will see the NXT brand's biggest show of the year, NXT Stand & Deliver  Their event in front of the Dallas crowd will kick off the in-ring action for the first day of WrestleMania and showcase battles for all of the brand's titles  The biggest battle will of course be for the NXT Championship,[...]
NXT 2.0 Preview 3/29: The Final Episode Before Stand & Deliver
NXT Stand & Deliver will kick off the in-ring action of WrestleMania weekend in Dallas, Texas this coming Saturday afternoon  But that's still four days from now and tonight on the final NXT 2.0 on the USA Network before the big show this weekend, there's still plenty of work to do and we'll take a look at[...]
NXT 2.0 Recap 3/22: The Women's Dusty Cup Champions Are Crowned
The NXT Women's Division has been dominated by the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic tournament for the past several weeks and now it has all finally come to its culmination with a finals match between the team of Io Shirai and Kay Lee Ray taking on Wendy Choo and Dakota Kai[...]
NXT 2.0 Preview 3/22: Bron Breakker Goes 1-On-1 With Robert Roode
Including tonight's show, there are only two episodes of NXT 2.0 left before the brand's big WrestleMania weekend event, NXT Stand & Deliver, which will air on Peacock live from Dallas, Texas at 12 pm on Saturday, April 2  Former NXT Champion Bron Breakker will face the current Champion Dolph Ziggler in hopes of getting his title back in the show's[...]
NXT 2.0 Recap 3/15:
Last week's NXT 2.0 ended surprisingly when Raw star Dolph Ziggler defeated Tommaso Ciampa and Bron Breakker in a Triple Threat Match to win the NXT Championship, ending Breakker's reign  With the brand's biggest show of the year, NXT Stand & Deliver, only two weeks away, all attention is now on who Ziggler will defend the title against at the big WrestleMania[...]
NXT 2.0 Preview 3/15: The Road To Stand & Deliver Rages On
NXT's WrestleMania weekend show, NXT Stand & Deliver, is only two weeks away from this Saturday  And as the brand's biggest show of the year rapidly approaches, the picture of how the card will look becomes more and more clear  That brings us to tonight's episode of NXT 2.0 on the USA Network, where we'll not only hear[...]
NXT Roadblock Recap: Is Bron Breakker Still The NXT Champion?
In the NXT 2.0 era, the developmental brand is very rarely given "premium live event" time on Peacock  Long gone are the semi-monthly TakeOver events and in their wake, we've seen the rise of these poorly-advertised named events on free TV, which just serve as a replacement for what would have been any other episode of NXT 2.0[...]
NXT Roadblock Preview: A Triple Threat Match For The NXT Title
Dolph Ziggler and Tommaso Ciampa have been battling it out for weeks over who will get to challenge Bron Breakker for the NXT title next  The Champ finally had enough last week and declared he would take them both on at the same time in a Triple Threat Match, which brings us to tonight, live on the[...]
NXT 2.0 Recap 3/1:
We have seven announced matches for this week's episode of NXT 2.0 on the USA Network, including a big tag team grudge match, two tournament tag matches, and a North American title match  That's a pretty hefty card and seeing as NXT often has time management issues, it'll be interesting to see how they pull[...]
NXT 2.0 Preview 3/1: A Big Tag Match & A North American Title Match
The war between Tommaso Ciampa, Dolph Ziggler, and NXT Champion Bron Breakker came to a head last week on NXT 2.0 when during a battle to determine the number one contender to face Breakker for the title, Ziggler's partner Robert Roode made a shocking appearance and cost Ciampa the match  The show ended in a brawl between the four[...]